Germany's AfD party to challenge debt plans in court next week, paper reports

March 7 (Reuters) - Germany's Alternative for Germany (AfD) party will file a complaint to the constitutional court next week over plans to raise new debt through a special fund, the Rheinische Post newspaper said on Friday, citing a senior AfD lawmaker.

Germany's would-be next chancellor, conservative leader Friedrich Merz, and the Social Democrats (SPD) with whom he is trying to form a government plan to raise new debt and throw out restrictive borrowing rules in a fiscal policy sea-change.

But the plans face hurdles, including legal challenges by the AfD and potentially by the radical Left party.